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How much RAM do I need for Windows 7 64-bit?

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It would be helpful if you described what you were planning on doing with Windows 7 ;-) – Ivo Flipse♦ Oct 24 '10 at 8:35
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The official answer from the company which produces Windows7 is:

2 GB of RAM.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements

Some folks had some fun and went down to 512 MB of RAM, but I would stay on the 2 GB minimum to have at least a half decent running system.

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Windows 7 runs just fine on my Netbook with 1 GB RAM. For more than just Office and Browsing 2 GB might be a good investment though.

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It depends on what software you're going to run. 4 GB are a minimum IMHO. If you can afford more, go for it (RAM is cheap and it's one of the easiest ways to speed up your system).

My notebook currently has 6 GB, but it runs 2 VMs.

Windows 7 system requirements

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"4 GB are a minimum"?!?! far from it! 2GB is more than enough. while 64bit gives the advantage of using 4GB or more, its not a requirement (check the link you posted). Of course its always better to get more RAM if you can, but a minimum for a smoothly working system with Win7 is 2GB. – Xenorose Oct 24 '10 at 7:03
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